Shutdown talks were at an impasse Wednesday after congressional leaders from both parties returned to the White House for another round of negotiations with President Donald Trump on the ongoing partial government shutdown but appeared to end with neither party satisfied with the results. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Trump asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi whether she would agree to fund his wall.When she said "no," Schumer said, Trump got up and said, "Then we have nothing to discuss." Schumer said, "And he just walked out."Schumer called Trump's actions "really, really unfortunate."Trump weighed in on the meeting by tweet, calling it "a total waste of time." The full tweet read: "Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy, a total waste of time. I asked what is going to happen in 30 days if I quickly open things up, are you going to approve Border Security which includes a Wall or Steel Barrier? Nancy said, NO. I said bye-bye, nothing else works!"The two sides have made no apparent progress in the past week, with Trump sticking to his demand of $5.7 billion for a border barrier and Democrats insisting they won't give him the money. Trump has been making a public case that there is a "crisis" at the southern border. And he's still threatening to declare a national emergency to circumvent Congress if he can't get the wall money from them.He told reporters during a visit to the Capitol earlier Wednesday that he may turn to a declaration "at some point" if top Democrats "don't agree" with his assessment about the problems at the border.

Shutdown talks were at an impasse Wednesday after congressional leaders from both parties returned to the White House for another round of negotiations with President Donald Trump on the ongoing partial government shutdown but appeared to end with neither party satisfied with the results.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Trump asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi whether she would agree to fund his wall.

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When she said "no," Schumer said, Trump got up and said, "Then we have nothing to discuss." Schumer said, "And he just walked out."

Schumer called Trump's actions "really, really unfortunate."

Trump weighed in on the meeting by tweet, calling it "a total waste of time."

The full tweet read: "Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy, a total waste of time. I asked what is going to happen in 30 days if I quickly open things up, are you going to approve Border Security which includes a Wall or Steel Barrier? Nancy said, NO. I said bye-bye, nothing else works!"

Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy, a total waste of time. I asked what is going to happen in 30 days if I quickly open things up, are you going to approve Border Security which includes a Wall or Steel Barrier? Nancy said, NO. I said bye-bye, nothing else works!

The two sides have made no apparent progress in the past week, with Trump sticking to his demand of $5.7 billion for a border barrier and Democrats insisting they won't give him the money.

Trump has been making a public case that there is a "crisis" at the southern border. And he's still threatening to declare a national emergency to circumvent Congress if he can't get the wall money from them.

He told reporters during a visit to the Capitol earlier Wednesday that he may turn to a declaration "at some point" if top Democrats "don't agree" with his assessment about the problems at the border.